This page was designed to give greater insight on the theories and processes behind language aquisition. It provides information about how students learn language and the relationship between the first language learning and the second language learning. Second language aquisition (SLA) is learning a second language after the first language has already been established. I have included a graphic organizer that shows the comparison between first and second language aquisition.
Language Acquisition
This page was designed to give greater insight on the theories and processes behind language aquisition. It provides information about how students learn language and the relationship between the first language learning and the second language learning. Second language aquisition (SLA) is learning a second language after the first language has already been established. I have included a graphic organizer that shows the comparison between first and second language aquisition.
A few resources that might be helpful in learning more about language development are:
http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/second.htm
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~sngynan/TESL410/teslec6.html
http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/0415338700/
http://www.timothyjpmason.com/WebPages/LangTeach/Licence/CM/OldLectures/L1_Introduction.htm
Anna Costa
Graduate Assistant
Middle Tennessee State University
Certified Pre-K teacher, working on ESL endorsement
aec2y@mtmail.mtsu.edu